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He moves from KDAF Dallas to oversee the Tegna ABC and NBC duopoly in southeast Texas.
Tropical Storm Imelda Forces KBMT To Evacuate
Tropical Storm Imelda slammed Texas and forced KBMT, the Tegna ABC-NBC affiliate in Beaumont, to evacuate all its employees. Producer Ben Parsons posted videos of the flooding and evacuation on Twitter.
KBMT Sports Director Fired After Arrest
Tegna Names GMs In Odessa, Beaumont
Tim Thomas will lead KWES Midland-Odessa, while Paul Bergen is promoted to oversee KBMT Beaumont.
KBMT Raises $250,000 For Texas Flood Relief
KBMT-KJAC Expands Morning Show On MYTX
London Broadcasting-owned KBMT (ABC)-KJAC (NBC) Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas (DMA 141), is adding another hour to its 12News Daybreak. Currently seen from 5 to 7 a.m. on both stations, after they […]
Rivals Staff KFDM During Memorial Service
The Beaumont, Texas, CBS affiliate’s noon newscast on Friday was a little unusual: It was anchored by a newscaster from the local Fox affiliate KBTV and the weather was done by a meteorologist from ABC affiliate KBMT. The reason? So KFDM staffers could attend a memorial service for anchor Bill Leger, who was killed in a car accident on Dec. 22.
The former GM of KULR Billings, Mont., takes over the VP-GM slot at London Broadcasting’s ABC affiliate that includes NBC and MNT feeds on subchannels.
Rentrak Reups One, Adds Two Texas Stations
Multi-screen media measurement provider Rentrak Corp. has renewed its contract to provide its StationView Essentials local market measurement service to London Broadcasting Co.’s KBMT Beaumont, Texas, and added two other […]
